clitoridectomy

Noun

Meaning

excision of the clitoris

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

female circumcision removal cutting circumcision excision FGM infibulation FGC female genital cutting female genital mutilation genital mutilation excising clitoridotomy clitorectomy genital cutting
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Hypernyms

ablation excision extirpation cutting out

Examples

According to a 1985 paper in the Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, clitoridectomy was performed in the US into the 1960s to treat hysteria, erotomania and lesbianism. Source: Internet

Boddy 2007, pp. 202, 299. The Egyptian government banned infibulation in state-run hospitals in 1959, but allowed partial clitoridectomy if parents requested it. Source: Internet

Commonly, non-medical removal of the clitoris is performed during female genital mutilation (FGM). citation Medical uses Malignancies A clitoridectomy is often done to remove malignancy or necrosis of the clitoris. Source: Internet

The authors noted that "partial clitoridectomy" was "not medically indicated, does not relate to real or perceived athletic “advantage,"" relating to elevated androgen levels. Source: Internet

The first reported clitoridectomy in the West, described in The Lancet in 1825, was performed in 1822 in Berlin by Karl Ferdinand von Graefe on a 15-year-old girl who was masturbating excessively. Source: Internet

Anthropologist Fuambai Ahmadu chose to undergo clitoridectomy as an adult. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

clitoridal clitoridean clitoridectomize clitoriditis clitoridotomy clitorin